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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?
(a) She does not believe him, so she and Tom quickly leave town.
(b) She returns to the Southern Ute reservation.
(c) She and Tom part ways, as she believes they will look for him.
(d) She tells him it is too late, that George is dead.

2. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?
(a) Raising chickens and turkeys.
(b) Farming corn.
(c) Raising hogs.
(d) Hunting and fishing.

3. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?
(a) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.
(b) Smoking sheep and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking venison and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.

4. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?
(a) $62.
(b) $52.
(c) $42.
(d) $32.

5. What does the introductory poem summarize?
(a) The demise of some, but not all, American Indian tribes.
(b) The pathos of the demise of the American Indian way.
(c) The tragedy of the demise of American Indian legends.
(d) The tragedy of the demise of the American Wild West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?

2. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?

3. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?

4. How is George Black Bull killed?

5. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?

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